Slavia Prague Post match - 2-0

[Hammo]

A horrible performance that lacked any sort of control or cohesion.

 

The manager, obviously not giving the competition or the opposition enough respect, got his selection and tactics badly wrong, and as Slavia started to realise that we had a few ‘passengers’ playing for us, they took heart and went on to do what so many other teams have done at the King Power - defend en masse and hit us on the counter.

 

Our response was pathetic - pure panic.

 

Furthermore, Vardy’s lack of confidence and frustration with himself is becoming as much of an issue for the team as all the injuries.

 

It really hurts now, but it will hurt even more if this is the start of the decline and we go and lose to Arsenal.

[Basildon Fox]

2 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Lost to a team unbeaten this season.

No. We lost to a team that got knocked out of the chanpions league by the mighty Midtjylland 4-1. Let that sink in for how bad we have been tonight. 

 

Make no mistake, this is up there for one of the worst games in Leicesters history when you look what it would have meant to the club and us fans. Like Wycombe in the cup 20 years ago. 

[yorkie1999]

3 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

Lost 2 in 20! Not good enough though, with a thinning team we should be winning in both Europe and the pl, I think BR made a sacrifice tonight... sure he wanted to win but didn’t want to risk more key players 

But he did risk key players.

[sishades]

13 minutes ago, Paddy. said:

 Love that you took this literally. Just for clarification, I'm not going to be doing this. I'm not even religious. 

I realised that, just very annoyed at the performance.

[Ric Flair]

12 minutes ago, Wolfox said:

Sod this concentrate on the league bollox

 

Sod the top 4 cup…

 

Would love to have done well in this Cup…. 

So you want it all then, because had we won tonight and then been the pits in the league in the next few games and/or crash out to Man Utd in the FA Cup that's you'd be just as furious. 

 

Time will tell how much of a missed opportunity this is.

[Bert]

1 minute ago, Col city fan said:

I thought it was quite good. I thought you were a face down at City

😆

Many moons ago 

[bovril]

The set pieces are beyond a joke now. 

[Tom12345]

4 minutes ago, NaijaFox said:

The 'best' rest for players is on the sidelines

Kasper and Vardy together earn more than their whole team collectively. You can’t blame on us not having the players available ... we lost due to tactics, mentality and team selection/combination.

Edited 25 February 2021 by Tom12345

[Twitcher]

3 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

I think if we end up with top 4 and possibly doing well in the FA Cup, then when might look back at this as a good thing.

 

(I'm looking for positives don't shoot me)

Won't shoot you, but clarify doing well in the FA Cup. Is that going out to Man U. fielding a weakened side?

[kingfox]

Another game where we fail to break down a defensively organised team, was a problem under Puel, still a problem every now and then under Rodgers.

 

Team selection today was wrong in a few areas, at least two of Ricardo, Castagne and Barnes should have started.

Injuries didn’t help matters.

Depth in certain areas isn’t good enough, the likes of Choudhury and Under have no future at Leicester.

 

If we don’t rectify the last point in the summer, then come next season whether we’re in the Champions League or Europa League, we’ll end up having more nights like this.

[sdb]

Kelichi booking was a big moment in the tie, in my opinion!

[Gamble92]

I think ideally he would have liked to have played Maddison and Ihenacho tonight. 

 

Then if we went a goal up, bring on Vardy and Barnes. 

 

 

[baldeagle]

I’d prefer if we’d won but obviously we didn’t and I’m not too bothered about us losing its the manner of our play and loss that’s annoying absolute no fight in us . 

[Stephen Hughes]

I’m not disagreeing that Brendon should take some criticism, but that team should have been more than good enough.

[jmono84]

Biggest mistake was putting Tielemans up the pitch, we needed him to run things in the middle.

[Sunbury Fox]

18 minutes ago, SeCrEt FoX said:

Awful over both legs. Should have won it away. No urgency at all tonight. Its as though they couldn't be arsed. Simple as that! 

Agree that this tie was lost in the away leg. We played a really strong team out there and just didn't perform. 

[Fox92]

5 minutes ago, TeaMen Tom said:

And if Barnes had blown out his ACL like JJ did (keeping in mind that he's been overused as much as JJ this season) we'd be howling bout why Brendan played him.  

Squad depth - mainly the injuries and Nacho's stupid yellow in the first leg - caught up with them.

So we aren’t playing players in football matches in case they get injured? Minds well not bother playing any competition then.

[hejammy]

8 minutes ago, Parafox said:

I just don't understand the negativity of you lot on here. Look at where we are in the PL. It's so annoying that if we don't perform like champions every game the doom mongers dismiss us as losers. Ridiculous 

Come on, OK if we lose to a Brighton or Fulham in the league, we know anyone can beat anyone. This team was from a very poor league and is a crappy team. This is why a lot of us are pissed off. It's a game we should have won simple as that with whatever team was put out. Every player was poor. No desire, no urgency, no instinct. Just poor all round. 

Edited 25 February 2021 by hejammy

[foxes_rule1978]

Just now, yorkie1999 said:

But he did risk key players.

All the attacking options were left on the bench, so not really he had to rest some.. you think he would have played that team if he wasn’t trying to manage the team through a heavy schedule? 

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

For all those saying, glad we are out of it so we can concentrate on PL and FA Cup, what was the point of even trying in the group stages then if that is the attitude?

 

To win the group comfortably then to meekly surrender like that over two legs for me is a waste of time and effort. 

 

Yes we have injuries etc but that was poor, selection and playing wise, and I fear this will create a hangover going into the next league games. 

[oxtonfox]

2 minutes ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said:

No. We lost to a team that got knocked out of the chanpions league by the mighty Midtjylland 4-1. Let that sink in for how bad we have been tonight. 

 

Make no mistake, this is up there for one of the worst games in Leicesters history when you look what it would have meant to the club and us fans. Like Wycombe in the cup 20 years ago. 

Hope the season doesnt follow the same way as the post Wycome apocalypse 

[Parafox]

3 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

 

Put it like this, you’re only as good as your last game. 

You really believe that don't you. Rubbish soundbite. We're far better than this last game and you know it. Sick of the knee jerk negative bollocks some of you guys come out with. 

[Col city fan]

3 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

But he did risk key players.

Yes he did but I guess had to choose the ones to rest

He clearly picked the wrong ones. In what world do you pick Amartey in front of Castagne or Ricardo and play Hamza further up the field from Tielemans and Ndidi?

Rodgers has a lot to be blamed for tonight and this defeat will go down in the annals of LCFC as a very very bad night 

Edited 25 February 2021 by Col city fan

[The boy Linacre]

IF We had been ripped off or it was close it would have been painful.  BUT We were SO shite all game & annoyingly they defended well & outworked us 2nd half.

So after all that & the disappointment that reducing tiring squad will be glad of the games not being played & IF they can right the ship in the next 2 games, 3rd/4th at best & Europe almost certainly again will be there - I expect & maybe a cup win!!!!

[adam]

At least tonight has shown how poor our squad is. Amartey and hamza should be no where near a side that wants to come in the top 4. We desperately needed a midfielder In the window. If we are serious about the top 4 we need to spend something. Eriksen was avaliable but we wouldn't pay his wages. If maddison is out long term the top 4 has gone.